​Artist Bio,Born to be an artist could describe the path young Carlo dreamed of and planned for.​With the passing office father, the dream and plans of going to art school changed. The necessity of providing for his family led him to pursue the profession of cooking.Eventually he becae a of International fame, achieving accolades for his skill of artistic presentation across Europe.​Coming to America and in particular to Taos New Mexico gave Carlo a second chance for the opportunity to return to his childhood dream. in 1992 a heart problem kept him away from his famous restaurant , Villa Fontana for 6 month .Many of his frequent clients where renowned artist and one such artist, Rod Goble, invited Carlo to participate in a painting clash was teaching. With followed was years ofstudy other famous Taos artists; Ray Vinella, his academic teacher , Kevin Mac Pearson,plain air painting, Don Ward, figurative painting classes abstraction and form, and R.C. Gorman , with Agnes Martin dear friends the business of art. Like the artist of Europechronicled in history books.

pVilla Fontana was a gathering place where artist discussed the particulars of art while dining on Carlo's famous mushroom dinners.Many of the artists encourage him to display his paintings in his restaurant with seemeda natural thing to do since he had pleased the pallets of his clients, he could also pleasedtheir eyes. Artist traveling from Europe and all over the world that came to Villa Fontana gave advice and often invited Carlo to participate in art show.In 1999 the Italian President O.L. Scalfaro, honored Carlo with the title of " Cavaliere " for his contribution for promoting the tradition of the Italian art and cuisine.Carlo"s love for painting has evolved in many form from brush,palette, and cork but always , he paints with bold colors creating emotions on the canvas .In 2006 he operated the " SanTaos " gallery in Santa Fe which opened doors to experiment with new and sometimes difficult traveling experiences with outdoor art show. In 2009 travel back to Italy where he present 4 successful art show in the North ( Alto Adige ) his home Merano. Carlo approach to paintings keeps him always searching for new subject matter, " I treasure the advice of my friend and artisticmentor Rod Goble how said if you paint pretty you give away emotion ; and people will not remember you as the artist who gives them a warm feeling ".

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